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News02.08.22Finding Your Role on the Farm
2021 Directors Cup honorees Lydia and Adam Holste of Effingham County balance their on-farm roles with raising the next generation.
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News02.08.22Lessons Learned as a Teenaged Tenant Farmer
2021 Directors Cup honoree Jacob Strohbeck of Madison County who rented his first acres as a teenager and has since become heavily involved in his community.
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News02.08.22Using Data to Drive Farm Innovation
2021 Directors Cup honoree Michael Yoder of Moultrie County uses data capturing technology to make on-farm management decisions.
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News07.12.21Get Easy Access to Affordable Credit with The FCI Operating Loan AdvantageAn operating line of credit from FCI gives farmers the liquidity they need to capitalize on an opportunity at a moment's notice in addition to all the cooperative value that comes with being a member.
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News02.26.21Connecting Consumers With Their Food
2020 Directors Cup honorees, Jill and Chad Vonder Haar, are passionate about connecting people with food through an on-farm store, local restaurants, and farmers markets.
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News02.25.21Striving for Balance On and Off the Farm
Balancing work and family life is important to 2020 Directors Cup honorees Andy and Monica Schumacher, who farm cattle and grain in Cumberland County. The couple began farming with Andy’s family in 2009 and took over farm ownership following Andy’s father’s retirement in December 2020.
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News02.22.21Setting Goals Key to Planning for the Future
Learn how 2020 Directors Cup recipients Matthew and Melanie Schmitz both grew up on a family farm and have been strategically planning for the future of their own operation by building good partnerships.
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News02.18.21Empowered Next GenerationLearning from older generations while being open to new ideas has provided a successful foundation for fourth generation grain and cattle farmer, Alex Head, 31, of Macon County.
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News02.18.21Listening and Learning Helps Young FarmersMike Nelson of Ford County keeps communication lines open with his father as they share the workload on their farming operations. He appreciates the opportunity to buy into the family farm and knows the value of his father’s mentorship.
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News02.18.21Teamwork Key to Farm SuccessEvan Marr, 26, of Morgan County, is a team player when it comes to the family farm. After college and working off the farm, he returned to the family operation in 2014.
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News05.22.20Beginning Farmers Build Bright Futures
Six young and beginning farmers and farmer couples from central and southern Illinois were named FreshRoots Directors Cup honorees this week by Farm Credit Illinois.
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